Center for Strategic Communication

ISIS and the Crisis in American Statecraft

by | Dec 30, 2014 | Monitor

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] A Facebook friend with an astute comment pointed me toward this Wall Street Journal article by Joe Rago on the mission of General John Allen, USMC  as “Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter...

Humanitarian intervention in the Mesozoic: lukewarm

by | Jul 21, 2014 | Monitor

[by Lynn C. Rees] Article II, Section 3 of our Constitution opens with this strongly worded suggestion: He shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and...

REVIEW: American Spartan by Ann Scott Tyson

by | Jul 15, 2014 | Monitor

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen’] American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant by Ann Scott Tyson  When I first posted that I had received a review copy of American Spartan from Callie, it stirred a vigorous...

What We Are Reading… June 20, 2014 | ASP

by | Jun 20, 2014 | Monitor

Energy diversity is a national security imperative Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) / The Hill When Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, first visited my office last year, I was one of the newest members of the House Armed Services Committee. I was eager to...